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April Import and Export Prices Bring Bull-Bear Tug of War

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 9:15 am

Import and export prices were tame in the month of April. The Labor Department's reading of import and export prices showed that import prices rose by 0.5%, right in line ...
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Good Jobless Claims Meet Tame Import/Export Inflation

Posted: April 11, 2013 at 8:42 am

Weekly jobless claims from the Labor Department had shown three consecutive increases, but that is now being undone. The weekly claims fell by a sharp 42,000, from 388,000 down to ...
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Frontier ETFs Launching with Exposure to Nigeria, Mongolia, Kazahkstan

Posted: April 2, 2013 at 1:54 pm

They say there is an ETF for just about everything these days. It must be true if you look at two international equity exchange traded funds coming this week from ...
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Exports, Employment Move U.S. PMI — Markit

Posted: April 1, 2013 at 9:30 am

The U.S. purchasing managers index (PMI) for March was reported at 54.6 this morning by Markit Economics. The consensus estimate called for a reading of 54.0, compared with a February ...
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As China Becomes a Top Weapons Exporter, North Korea Issues Linger

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 6:51 am

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute research on arms imports and exports of weapons remains the gold standard in this sort of measurement. The top line news from its new Trends ...
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China’s Exports Surge in February: A Sign of Global Economic Recovery?

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 7:00 am

China's exports jumped in February, which may indicate a recovery of the economy across most of the rest of the world. Or it could be that inventories of goods are low ...
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Retail Sales and Import/Export Prices Show Gains

Posted: February 13, 2013 at 9:00 am

We had two rounds of economic readings this Wednesday morning: retail sales for the month of January, as well as import and export prices for the month of January. Retail ...
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Tokyo Quiet as U.S. Sailors Sue for Radiation Exposure

Posted: January 11, 2013 at 5:11 am

By Jen Alic of Oilprice.com Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) lied about the dangers of radiation exposure, according to eight U.S. sailors involved in disaster relief operations following the March ...
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Iran Sanctions Cut Oil Exports 40%

Posted: January 7, 2013 at 11:37 am

The government of Iran has long held that the U.S. and European sanctions being imposed on the country have had little impact on the Iranian economy. But in a report ...
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Dwindling Chinese Exports a Sign of Global Economic Slowdown

Posted: December 10, 2012 at 6:59 am

Additional evidence indicates that global economic growth has slowed to near zero in the past month or so. China reported trade numbers. Exports were up only 2.9% in November. It ...
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LNG Exports to Bolster the Economy

Posted: December 6, 2012 at 9:44 am

One of the most plentiful resources we have in the United States is our huge above and below ground supplies of natural gas. Data from more than 24,000 recently drilled ...
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Dwindling Exports Push German Unemployment Higher

Posted: November 29, 2012 at 6:52 am

Germany's unemployment rose again and now has been up for eight consecutive months. Once again, evidence points to Germany's inability to isolate itself from the European recession. Germany has been unable ...
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ACADIA Rises Exponentially on Phase III Parkinson’s Disease Trial

Posted: November 27, 2012 at 8:58 am

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAD) is proving to be the big winner of the day. In fact, it may be the winner of the month on any percentage gain in ...
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U.S. Could Become Leading Exporter of Oil, Natural Gas

Posted: November 12, 2012 at 6:52 am

The United States may be the single largest exporter of oil within the next few decades. That is the conclusion of the IEA 2012 World Energy Outlook. The report says: ...
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The Most and Least Exposed Insurance Earnings Risk from Hurricane Sandy

Posted: October 29, 2012 at 1:42 pm

Earlier today we outlined some of the risks which were seen in overseas trading of the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance sector and for the reinsurance sector. Now we have ...
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